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A description of the courses "Representing Science on Stage" and "Representing Science and Technology in the Popular Media" which are being offered under the Engineering Communication Program at the University of Toronto, is presented.

The article reviews several books, including "Theory of World Security," by Ken Booth, "The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World," by Niall Ferguson, and "Liberals, Marxists, and Nationalists: Competing Interpretations of South African History," by Merle Lipton.

Alberto Alesina and Enrico Spolaore, The Size of Nations (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2003), 261 pages. Andrew MacIntyre, The Power of Institutions: Political Architecture and Governance (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003),189 pages. M.R. Narayanswamy, Inside an Elusive Mind: Prabbakaran (New Delhi: Konark Publishers, XXXX), pp xviii+290. Miranda A. Schreurs, Environmental Politics in Japan, Germany and the United States (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002). Strobe Talbott, Engaging India: Diplomacy, Democracy and the Bomb (XXXX: Penguin/ Viking, XXXX), 268 pages. Daya Kishan Thussu and Des Freedman (eds.), War and the Media; Reporting Conflict 24/7 (New Delhi: Vistaar Publications - a division of SAGE Publications, 2003). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews several books including "Cooperative Security and the Balance of Power in ASEAN and the ARF," by Ralf Emmers, "From Mao to Market: Rent Seeking, Local Protectionism and Marketization in China," by Andrew Wedeman and "Ho Chi Minh: The Missing Years 1919-1941," by Sophie Quinn-Judge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the books "Uncivil Movements: The Armed Right Wing and Democracy in Latin America," by Leigh A. Payne, and "Transcending Neoliberalism: Community-Based Development in Latin America," edited by Henry Veltmeyer and Anthony O'Malley.

The article reviews two books including "Public Opinion," by Carroll J. Glynn, Susan Herbst, Garrett J. O'Keefe, and Robert Y. Shapiro, and "Reflections on a Ravaged Century," by Robert Conquest.

The article reviews two books including "Globalization, Social Movements and the New Internationalisms," by Peter Waterman, and "The Political Influence of Global NGOs: Case Studies on the Climate and Biodiversity Conventions," by Bas Arts.

The article reviews two books about globalisation including "Globalisation and the Nation-State," by Robert J. Holton, and "Globalisation and the Third World," edited by Ray Kiely and Phil Marfleet.

The article reviews the book "Al-Jazeera and US War Coverage," by Tal Samuel-Azran.